I know this is a tiny thing to fuss over, but it appears too many times in this story for me to entirely overlook it: Q is not a "former entity". An entity is simply something that exists. Humans may be little nobler than pond slime from Q's point of view, but they (and, for that matter, pond slime) are still entities.

I looked at the premise expecting nothing at all. A bit of light fancy before moving on to a story more worthy of attention. I never liked Q, never really liked his episodes. What virtue could this fic possibly have?

There ought to be a continuation of this. It's already an entirely different story from Only Human, even though it starts out at approximately the same point, and it seems like it would be a fascinating story of its own. Personally, I'd love to see more of this timeline, and I'm sure that there are many other people who would feel the same way.
Once again, beautiful work, and I look forward to the possibility of a sequel.
-GM

For being nearly all about a single dinner conversation, this story is thoroughly insightful and entertaining. It's amazing to see how far Q's fallen, and how fast he can get back on track with a single conversation with Picard. He's certainly got a loooong way to go, but at the end of this story you can't help but feel optimistic about Q's future. Great writing with this one, it was one outstanding debate between those two!

This is *wonderful*... your character voices are simply perfect. I could hear Patrick Stewart and John de Lancie in my head when reading it, and you develop the relationship between them in a totally believable and satisfying way. In particular, I love how it begins with Picard in the role of the adviser, but ends with Q giving Jean-Luc some guidance of his own. Great stuff!

harunoki chapter 1 . 3/9/2009

That was so sweet! I'm glad its starting to pan out for Q, even just a little.

Aw... Q is so cute. Even though most of this rather long one-shot was dialog- very well done. That sort of thing can get really out of character and boring, but I was totally enthralled. A very excellent exploration into the kind of loss Q must have been experiencing and a more depressing... "real" I guess, ending to that episode versus how TNG usually ends up. You know, like make-you-gag sugary. lol.